Anyone charged with a criminal offense, especially if it is a felony, needs to find and retain a great criminal defense attorney for their case. In many cases, the criminal defense attorneys that are seen on television or in the media on high profile cases are not the best for you, and often charge fees [...]

Attorneys have a higher duty of care towards their clients than non-attorneys. When an attorney is retained to represent someone in a business transaction, lawsuit, civil or criminal proceeding, they have a fiduciary duty to handle their client’s affairs and funds honestly and in their best interests. If the attorney breaches that duty, then he [...]

Anyone charged with a criminal offense in the US is entitled to certain rights guaranteed under the US Constitution as well as those embodied in the state’s constitution where the offense was committed. In any criminal matter, the burden of proving the defendant committed the crime is on the state, which must prove to the [...]

Consumer fraud is a major problem in the US with no shortage of scams to rip off the naïve or desperate consumer. Consumer fraud entails any misrepresentation or deceptive activity designed to lure a person into buying a product or service. It also includes deceiving a person into divulging his or her personal identification and [...]

Attorneys have a duty to their clients and to the court to be truthful and not to engage in any deceptive or misleading activities, or to communicate anything that not only does deceive the court or a client, but which could be reasonably construed to do so. Attorney fraud is committed when a lawyer breaches [...]

Criminal fraud is generally considered a white collar crime since it does not involve violence or the threat of violence and is often committed by sophisticated thieves who know how to hack into computers, forge documents, or are acting in a position of trust. For criminal fraud to be committed, a person must intentionally misrepresent [...]

Employment fraud occurs when misleading or false information about a job opportunity is posted to lure people into believing they are working for a legitimate company or person and fail to receive any payment, are persuaded to unknowingly commit an unlawful act for compensation, or are persuaded to disclose their identifying information to get a [...]

Employment fraud is rampant in any economy, but with unemployment rates higher than they have been in decades and even more people who have given up the job search, con artists offering job opportunities seem to be on the increase. Employment fraud is any misleading or false advertisement or offer of employment, sometimes for a [...]

Criminal fraud encompasses a wide variety of different criminal offenses. Generally, any false, misleading, or false statement that is intended to gain something of value from another person by getting the victim to believe in the truth of something the perpetrator knows to be false, for monetary or personal gain, is considered criminal fraud. To [...]

If you have been charged with a crime, you will need a criminal defense lawyer to represent you. If you are unemployed, you could qualify for the services of a public defender if you are charged with a felony. In some jurisdictions, you may not be able to have an attorney appointed if your offense [...]